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Thursday, September 17, 2015

ON GAME DAY, THE 2ND MEAL IS MORE IMPORTANT

I apologize
to you if you have checked this blog in the last several days to see if there
were anything new, but I’ve been busy. For instance, I had to appear in person
at the radio show of Kevin Wilson, the IU football coach.

Among
other things, Coach Wilson told about game-day preparations. He says their
nutritionist has pointed out that they need to eat two meals before the game,
but if the players eat too much in the first meal, then they don’t eat enough
at the second meal, and they run out of fuel in the fourth quarter of the game.

In the
spiritual life, John Wesley referred to this as “first blessing” and “second
blessing,” or justification and sanctification.

We’ve
all known new Christians who ate too much at first, then didn’t eat enough
later, and ran out of fuel in the last quarter. Justification, or conversion,
was just so strong that they forgot to stay open for what was to come.

Spiritual
life is not a sprint; it’s a marathon. And as we marathoners know, no matter
how slowly you are running, you can always run slower. The point is to keep
going, regardless of the pace.

John
Robert McFarland

johnrobertmcfarland@gmail.com

I
tweet as yooper1721.

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